pdreher
Responses from pdreher
| Favorite 300B: Sophia vs KR Al - I have the Signature version of the 70/70 with the enclosed chasis, so I'm not sure the non-signature version would be the same. I say this because I shared this tweak with Audiogoner "Waltersalas"... and he was unable to get his 70/70 mk III... | |
| Favorite 300B: Sophia vs KR Markus - Now that I've put my Daedalus thru a formal break-in process, they are sounding great.BTW, in talking to Brent @ VAC, I've found a way to get the sound of my old 30/30 out of my 70/70 Sig. by simply taking out a row (quad) of 300B's. In d... | |
| Favorite 300B: Sophia vs KR Charles - I agree, both of the VAC REN amps are great... but the 30/30 would be a heck of a lot cheaper to retube with Takatsuki's @ $1,450/pair! | |
| Favorite 300B: Sophia vs KR Markus - continuing my rambling thoughts... then I'll sell my VAC 70/70 Sig. to fund a quad of Takatsuki's for my old 30/30 that you are going to sell me back, right? ;)... and we can go in together on a big order of Takatsuki's and get a discount! | |
| Favorite 300B: Sophia vs KR Markus - I think you should sell me back my VAC 30/30 so you can fund the purchase of the Takatsuki's for your Frankensteins. What do u say! | |
| Most forgiving high end speaker 10k-20k? Honest1 - As a Daedalus Ulysses owner, I'd bet that the Daedalus speakers you auditioned where not properly broken in. I've had my Ulysses for about 4 months now, and initially, I was ready to give up on them... but armed with good advise from fel... | |
| Most forgiving high end speaker 10k-20k? Ditto HArbeth M-40.1's. Retail @ $13K. Great speaker IME. | |
| Good Speaker For Vintage McIntosh C22/MC275 Any of the smaller Harbeth's or Spendor's would be great. | |
| Your jaw dropping cables Best:- Jade Audio Hybrid IC- KCI Silkworm IC- Shunyata Python CX PCBiggest Disappointments:- Stealth MLT speaker cable- Gabriel Gold (can't recall model) speaker cable | |
| Stereo and Fish tanks - noisy need help Between the two (Fluval & Eheim), the Eheim is supposed to be the best. | |
| Speaker purchase - LOW ceilings My listening room is 15 x 21 with ceiling height varying from 6 to 7 feet. I don't have any problem with my current speakers and small sub in this room. Your room, while not ideal, will probably benefit from room treatments and possibly a preamp w... | |
| Stereo and Fish tanks - noisy need help I only have a 75 gallon tank in my listening room, but it's dead quiet with the Eheim canister filter I use. Not sure if Eheim makes canister filters large enough for a tank as large as yours, but maybe Johnsonwu can speak to that. | |
| Aesthetix Calypso vs ARC LS25 MK2 Defride - I have not had issues with tube noise from either the stock Calypso or the Signature version. I think the original stock version of the Calypso had some issues that were purely tube related, but that was overhyped. I've never had a probl... | |
| Pilnius SA-103 vs. Modwright KWA 150SE Charles,Your point is quite valid, but I've owned far less expensive tube amps like the McIntosh MC275 MKV which was an incredibly good for the money... and it far exceeded performance of all the solid state amps I've owned from YBA, BAT, Simaudio... | |
| Tube sites/books, recommendations please Ditto the suggestion for Brent Jesse's informative website. He's also a very good source for reasonably priced, high quality tubes, as is Andy at Vintage Tube Services.BTW, don't stop with just getting a tubed preamp... you have to go the full dis... |